I was still absorbing what Cassian had just told us when Rowan received another urgent report. Someone had been seen near the outer perimeter of the ancient site, though they hadn't attempted to enter the sealed chamber, hadn't attacked anyone at all. They had simply left something behind deliberately.A message, short and precise.*The heirs have awakened. The crown will open when they are ready.*I understood, hearing it, exactly what it confirmed. The enemy knew Kyle and Lyra existed. They understood something had changed since their birth. And they believed my children were connected to the sealed crown, somehow, though the message gave no indication of how.Lucien gathered the six of us immediately, myself, him, Kael, Rowan, Cassian, and the High Priestess, and kept the meeting entirely secret. No nobles. No advisers outside our small circle. No public word of any of it.The purpose wasn't to decide what my children were. It was to decide how to protect them without ever letting
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